Serious A5199 crash in West Northamptonshire on 22 December 2007 at 17:05 involving a Rover 200 Series
A Rover 200 Series, a Mercedes S Class and a Land Rover Range Rover were involved in a crash on the A5199 in West Northamptonshire at 17:05 on Saturday 22 December 2007. A 15-year-old male passenger in the Rover 200 Series and a 15-year-old male passenger in the Rover 200 Series were seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Dec 2007
- Saturday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Rover 200 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38509, longitude -1.02553, in the NN6 postcode district. The location was in the former Daventry district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200734WD65117
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5199
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 91%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 9%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 May 2012.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5199 in West Northamptonshire, 12 May 2012
At the same spotRef 201234WD11882
Serious
Car crash on the A50 in West Northamptonshire, 31 July 1981
At the same spotRef 198134DD00672
Serious
Hyundai Getz crash on the A5199 in West Northamptonshire, 9 August 2009
At the same spotRef 200934WD33359
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A50 in West Northamptonshire, 29 July 1999
At the same spotRef 199934ND00456
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A5199 in West Northamptonshire, 1 June 2011
At the same spotRef 201134WD19601
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A5199 in West Northamptonshire, 8 October 2010
At the same spotRef 201034WD40560
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes S Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Land Rover Range Rover
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,394 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 200734WD65117 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Northamptonshire road accident statistics for 2007.